If you see members of The Sole Patrol and Blacker Than Thou, Inc., looking sad and pitiful, here’s why….
The January 2012 jobs numbers are out and with the addition of 243,000 jobs, the total unemployment rate dropped from 8.5% to 8.3%! But look at the stats for Black unemployment:
Total Black unemployment rate DROPPED from 15.8% to 13.6%
Black Male unemployment rate DROPPED from 15.7% to 12.7%
Black Female unemployment rate DROPPED from 13.9% to 12.6%
Black Teen unemployment rate DROPPED from 42.1% to 38.5%
(Table: Bureau of Labor Statistics)